Fastener.



.toen W. PLACE, or rUoieAnoE, NEW Yoan.

enterarme'.

Speccationof Letters Patent.

Patented Dc. 1, 1908.

Application filed cto'eer-Z, 1907; Serial No. '$95,499.

that l. JOHN W. Enron, a "the United lteres, residing in.

the county or' `lNest'elies'ter, in New orlr have invented a eerai d. Us al improvement in Fasff" "'"on intended. for secnring .onvenient size applied around will Lleseribe it as thus applied. o" letters to he carried' in the may he low steel or other l rate degree of elasticity and stiengthfto reityeliall be si 'eetetl he string. The fastened'. and applied Vith lt holds; for any period ions. aovenient of the hand, ree: security as required.y lt 1e reverse movements of the 1g. is a. description ol what l ineens of carrying out the face view of the'fastener, amitier letters, weakly secured :aiding View showing the .tasl`.ely.seenrttl by the addition el (i. eireular movement of the hand Fig. 5 View seen at right angles to .the il. Fig. is a face viemthe that shownin Figi 3. Fig. 7

the rire is extended outside The other portions of thewire ne loef re but. the string is dii?H op or :en

an extension therefrom,

7eich. the following is a speoilicanot important in eontributlt is applied by a` 1. er movement oi' the hand. Fig.

The oermanentl' atlettere of reference indicate like *marked J, and again foriva l tivo circuits of the Wire.

and 6, which is the Working side of the device, to loe the iront, the portion E extends rearward, the Wire Continuing across at the haelt. I will tleeignate by F the goint Where the vWire extends across on the heel; side. From 'thence forward, marked4 G., thence aeress the front marked H. Vthence again rearwaro., marked lf, again across the baelg' Y. marked K.. We have now followed the wire to the end of the llast the uppermost, circuit. lt is here elownivarth forming portion :tendin up and Clown through the Whole' opti. of the fastener. This important p0rion of the devicei will designate as a nl. post.

- To use thel fastener7 the corel P, P is tied in any ordinary or suitable way to the nietallio fastener by the aid or' the loop A and allowed to extend out therefrom between the The metal fasteners, each with a suilieient length ol' string, are to be kept at hand ready for application as required.

In applying the fastener to a parcel, the' other end of the string' is wound around and across the parcelin the ordinary n ianner indicated in Figs. l and i.. and the free end of the cord is inserted by a lateral movement between the two circuits on either side. Assnining'the motion vto :from the right, the string thus earrieflhetween the parts K and G. The operator continuing the movement cauees the string to-pass the eye or loop A and the string is thus carried in this position around into the position shown in Fig.

l. lt is then pulled with snl'lieient force aeeording to the requireinents'of the parcel,-

mi the string plays around `tlieinner side of the post. M,'until it is tightened enough, then the lianrl carries thejlree enel P of the string again around through the saine course so that the string completely encircles the post is a* descending Abend or dive 5 l fait and the free portion .P is again introaueed between the parts l andv G and -agahi esinsecl to malre a complete circuit. The henri may then bevopenecl; the asteningie complete. 4

"While in service the tension on the string, received through the free end P" is applied d'mectly to the inidheight of the post M and loo toning direction.- These movements release remove the turns which were made with the hand in applying the fastener, and leave the fastening free.

The parts N and 0 briefly described above may be used or not, according` to the purposes for which the fastener is intended to The portionv N which extends for`l Ward from the lower end ot the post M 'useful in limiting the extent to which the turns olf the wire mayv be sprung apart..- The extension upward Q (shown most clearly in Fivi) will be included in the turns oit' the c' string in completing' the fastening and contributing somewhat to the usefulness. it certainly insures very completelyv against any too wide separation of the circuits otl the wire, however severely the device may be everstrained.

lt will be observed that the cord P P in its tinal position after being vwound around.

as described encircles the front portion lil ot the coils and also the post M so as to have the tension of the cord received clirectl),- on the post and at the niid-height thereof. Il is arrangement throws none of the linal holdingI tension on the two Coils. These parts are mainlj,T ot importance in guiding the cord in the act ot attaching the fasteners. Theil elasticitj is inainlj.7 important in the act ot' moving the cord past the previoiisl'i,Y laid pz rt thereof between the parts liw and dA at thebaclt ot' the fastener.

My fastener will serre with either .'ace upward. rl'lie string may be inserted from the lett side or from the right side iu either position. All that is necessariY is to insert the string and give two rapid circular movenients.

.liloditications within the scope ot` the appended claims ma.y be made without.departing 'fronrtlie principle'or.sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

The size of the cord relatively to the width of the spaces between the turns ot' the wire may be Varied. rl`lie best eiiect ispebtained by using a vcord of a little greater diameter than the width otl such spaces and allowii .i it. to for e apart the back portions F and J oi the turns of the wre fo attain its place.

Fig. 7 shows the part i3 ot greater length Carrying the eye or loop 3i outside of llnl helical turns. This will serreahout equall'i k,with the torni shown :tor all. purposes.

i l l This -`1ig. 7 also shows e modification in the. manner of applying' my fastener to a parcel,

which may be often used witl advantage whethertlie part B is made long or short. rllie dill'erence in the mode of applying my fastener in this .figure lies in making the crossing ot the string in the fastener instead ot outside ot it. -ln this inode the 'tree end of the string is engaged with the fastener at an coriler stage of securing the paelage,-so `soon as it has been extended once around., shown as the longitudinal traverse.` lrl`he engagement is the same as before, lirst the free part of the string between tl ot the wire on one side., shown as side. and drawingl it to tighten. 'lllie another inovenient of the hand the eilte* d trom the fastener arounl the pareel hori mtallj.' and then again similari),v engagged with the fastener by' again genti;T

forcing it between the turns ot' the wirefthis time the place ot introduction will be the *further le. the top side as it lies in the 'drawing'. litter this second. engagement .of the string with the fastener the string is drawn tight. and one more sweep ot the hand made a iplying the string once more beween the turns ot' the wire and drawing tight; now the tasteiiing by this method of applying is eomplete. .lilither method at tained "fr o. ointinu'oi s movement. it .is easy and rapid and lrequires but one hand.

l claim as my inif'ention: l

'1. A fastener ot' wire ot. the character deibed, Comprising a pluralit;7 of eoils ar ranged helicallyv` one end being' bent parallel to the axis and then-e extending in an arm l rarlnillyY inward, tcrminatin' in :in eye Si, and the other end engad 'with the arm at the 'wint ot departure troni the coil. all suht.. ally is herein speeii'ied.

L. .i Aasi-ener oi tlv .character described,

two turns a hclial spring eny together by a post t'oriued integral therewith. arranged as shown so as to transmit the strain directly trom the cerner ot `siieh post. and allow the olher portions tc `erre eliistcalliY as guides. han g .en arm exten'gling' inward between the plenos ot the coils and enrrrino' an eye, in combination with a cord l if"permanently attnehed to such eye, adapted to .serve substinilialli1 ar: herein specitied.

yfwigned at iiew Yori; citY New York and State of I! i dai4v ot September 5i. l.

l-'HN il?, PLA CE.

' 1e count;Y oi rl this 30th 1Witness l. i'i'onniz @nonies @new frirrsob. 

